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10/01/2023

Don't miss this Fall's Goldstein Lecture with Betsy Popken – October 5 at UNO's Thompson Center!

The 2023 Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights, "Technology and its Impact on Human Rights," will be presented by Betsy Popken, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center (HRC) at UC Berkeley School of Law. UNO Chancellor Joanne Li will provide opening remarks. This lecture will explore the interplay...

05/10/2023

The UNO Religious Studies and Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha's International Research Conference held in Jerusalem is complete. Many thanks to our hosts at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, the Shalom Hartman Institute, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in addition to our fantastic organizing committee and participating scholars – especially those from the University of Nebraska. Please go to our conference website to find recordings of keynotes and special events like the Rabbi Sidney and Jane Brooks Lecture with Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and the Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights with Reza Aslan. The conference was a great success and we look forward to publishing a volume based upon our work. For more information go to: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/religion/research/religious-renewal-in-times-of-crisis-conference.php

11/07/2022

We invite those attending American Academy of Religion (AAR) 2022 in a couple weeks. We will be hosting a reception. Join us!

10/25/2022

This is a 9am (CST) special event – hope you can join us. Live stream link is here. Registration is optional.

Please join UNO Religious Studies, UCLouvain (Belgium), and The Open University of Israel for a ZOOM conference on Religious Renewal in the 21st Century. Registration is requested. SCHEDULE Greeting: Prof. Denis Charbit, The Open University of Israel Chairman: Prof. Mehdi Azaiez, UCLouvain (Belgium)...

02/26/2022

Don't miss this Special Middle East Forum organized by the Goldstein Center and Goldstein Family Community Chair.

Join us for this important Human Rights Forum. Register for this online event here – https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/news/events/2022/03/a-special-human-rights-forum-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine.php

02/18/2022

Don't miss the upcoming Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights, presented by the Rev. Dr. Gary Mason. Mason was a key player in the Northern Ireland Good Friday Peace Agreement. He is a close advisor to Protestant ex-combatants on the civilianisation efforts of paramilitaries. In 2009, Mason’s church was the stage from which Loyalist paramilitaries announced their weapons decommissioning. Register for this online event here – https://unomaha.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7_sq19AqQmaOXdQMRq5_0g

09/20/2021

A Special 2021 Goldstein Lecture –
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/news/events/2021/09/the-right-to-health-equity-pursuit-of-justice.php?fbclid=IwAR3K1Aov54z32JcZcksII4B5YZ8pY_KQg_3f_VMpyepWz_wkrrymMGj4LqI

Join us for A Special Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights presented by Dr. Nada Fadul, UNMC, in a virtual event; Sept. 23.

08/26/2021

UNO Religious Studies – International Conference
Jerusalem, April 25-29, 2022
https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/religion/research/religious-renewal-in-times-of-crisis-conference.php

04/02/2021

The annual 2021 Rabbi Sidney and Jane Brooks Lecture is almost here! Dr. Larycia Hawkins from the University of Virginia (formerly Wheaton College) will be speaking. A description of the event and registration information can be found here: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/news/events/2021/04/brooks-lecture-the-soft-bigotry-of-interreligious-space-and-beyond.php

09/15/2020

Join us for this year's Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights with Prof. Najeeba Syeed! Free online registration required.

Prof. Najeeba Syeed will present "Angelic Troublemakers and Immigration: How Faith Leaders Use Ritual as a Human Rights Tool," as the 2020 Goldstein Lecture in Human Rights, held Sept. 24, 2020.

08/25/2020

06/16/2020

UNO Religious Studies knew about Zach Wahl's before he became an Iowa State Senator! Check out this Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights from the vaults!

Into the vaults - before there was a Goldstein Center for Human Rights, Zach Wahls gave this amazingly relevant Goldstein Lecture!
https://player.vimeo.com/video/227458016